LavsladaTell them apart

Quick tell: La is a abbrev, lada is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“La” is an abbrev and “lada” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#817
“La” frequency rank
#46,098
“lada” frequency rank
46915
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature La lada
Definition Lanthan Gebäude auf Bauernhöfen zum Lagern von Stroh, Heu und andere landwirtschaftliche Produkte

Letter map: La vs lada

Shared letters muted; letters that set La and lada apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

2 ch
La
4 ch
lada

Grammar separator: La vs lada

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: La is anabbrev and ladaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “La” sits inside “lada”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

La is recorded at frequency rank #817, classified as anabbrev. lada is at rank #46,098, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 46915, this pair ranks #1,302,594 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of La vs lada

Shared letters: al. Private to "La": -. Private to "lada": d.

"La" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "lada" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ladalaad · ladda · ldaa · llada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "La" for "lada" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "La" is an abbrev and "lada" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "La" vs "lada" - which ranks higher?
"La" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #817 in our German list, against #46,098 for "lada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "La" and "lada".

  • Full dictionary entry for "La" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,302,594 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "La" and "lada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lada vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,302,594 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list